Saw a nice shortscale bass at my friends store. It was made by The Late Charles Orr. It looks like the picture below. The price $400. I'd buy it if I had the money. If you never heard of Charles Orr,he was Minneapolis luthier who used to have a shop on 42nd street in south Minneapolis.Prince used to hang out at Chuck's store when he was teenager. Most of his guitars were one of a kind.Below is short film about him. The machine gun guitar in the vid was made for Jesse Ventura.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:23 pm
by Pens
I'm sorry but that bass is ugly as fuck.
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:59 pm
by Gabriel
Pens wrote:I'm sorry but that bass is ugly as fuck.
+1
Although I'm strangely drawn to it
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:40 pm
by hugh
It has a bit of a Carl Thompson thing going for it.
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:45 am
by fabio
I was wondering if this bass is still available? Can you PM the store info to me if you would not mind? Thanks!
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:35 pm
by robroe
Pens wrote:I'm sorry but that bass is ugly as fuck.
+10
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:51 pm
by paul_
Hey weird bass, Level 42 called... are you hiring?
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:14 pm
by westtexasred
fabio wrote:I was wondering if this bass is still available? Can you PM the store info to me if you would not mind? Thanks!
PM sent.
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:50 pm
by Vis
I'm not sure why but bass always seems to attract the wackier elements of guitar design. I've seen some odd looking guitars in my time but none of them can match the sheer weirdness that you sometimes see from bass builders. Still I could put up with the weirdness if only people would stop making basses that sound amazing but look like coffee tables.
